VI. Read the text and choose the correct options (A-C) to complete the gaps.

Young Explorer

In December 2011, sixteen-year-old Amelia Hempleman-Adams became the youngest person ever to reach the South Pole on skis. During the expedition, she (1) ………… seventeen nights on the ice with her father and eight

other explorers. Temperatures were freezing, and it was difficult to rest as (2) ………… were twenty-four hours of daylight. As a result, Amelia only slept for a (3) ………… hours every night. But it was an amazing adventure for Amelia. (4) …………her school friends were studying for 'A' levels, she was skiing her way into the history books! Amelia took lots of homework with her. However, she didn't do very (5) …………! The books were too heavy to transport and they (6) ………… to take them out. Also, she was too tired at the end of a day's skiing to (7) ………… about school work, which isn't surprising! So why did she (8) …………in such an exhausting trip? Amelia comes from a family of explorers. Her father is the famous British adventurer David Hempleman-Adams. David has made around thirty trips to the Arctic himself. (9) …………an adventurous father, Amelia has two adventurous sisters, Camilla and Alicia. Alicia, aged eight, became the youngest person to stand at the North Pole, and Camilla, aged fifteen, became the youngest person to ski to the North Pole. Even their holidays were an adventure, because they went to so many exciting places. When Amelia was seven, they travelled (10) ………… America in a caravan. And when she was nine, they went to Japan and climbed Mount Fuji!

1. A took                     B spent                        C made

2. A it                          B there                        C they

3. A lot                        B little                         C few

4. A During                 B Through                   C While

5. A much                   B lot                            C many

6. A needed                 B must                        C had

7. A make                   B think                        C look

8. A take part              B take off                    C take place

9. A Not only             B As well as                C Even though           

10. A over                   B into                          C across